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Welsh Branch Championships of the NVS 1999
There is no doubt that over the past few years
Staging Vegetables on the Show Bench – Peas
Peas are a good example of a vegetable that’s easily
NVS Judges Examinations and Seminar
The NVS examination is in two parts, the first is a written paper, and if the prospective judge has some growing experience and has studied
NVS Judges Seminar
At most shows, very often the judges have to select the best dish of vegetables in the show, at local level this can often be
The Role of Vegetable Judges
The Judges Seminar that we had at the Welsh Branch in October certainly made NVS members present think on a wider plane about the role
Judging of Vegetables
The Judging of horticultural produce is not an exact science and never will be and a decision often rests on something about which two opinions
Growing Heavy Onions + Blanch Leeks
If you’re considering entering a heaviest onion competition next year, you should be thinking about sowing some seed right now. You must though make sure
Soil Analysis and Preparing the Beds
I have always been one to advocate soil testing or analysis as a good foundation from where to start growing your vegetables. This coming season
Large Exhibition Onions and Shallots
This is the traditional period for sowing your large exhibition onions as well the perfect timing for planting your exhibition shallots. Do remember when sowing
Diaries for Gardening Work
Thankfully I keep a really good diary of my gardening work and now is the perfect time for any of you who haven’t got one
Produce for Chelsea
It’s all too easy to take everything for granted now that I have won three gold medals on the run and I was very abruptly
Sowing Exhibition Long Carrots
Unlike many other exhibition vegetables such as leeks, celery and onions where there is the constant work of potting them on; with the carrots and
Exhibition Celery, Onions and Tomatoes
My first sowing of celery is now ready for moving on into their final pots which are 5″ square plastic and these have served me
Artificial Lighting and Photosynthesis
Why do plants therefore respond to this added light source that makes them grow at a much faster rate than they would normally? The answer
F1 Hybrid Exhibition Onions
Most of the onions that I intend to grow are from seed that were sown a week before Christmas and are from the single onion
The Onion Beds
Soil samples from the Onion Beds had been sent away for analysis earlier on and the readings on their return showed that the soil was
Winston and Kestrel Show Potatoes
The potatoes have chitted well this year and as I am concentrating my efforts on only two banker varieties I should have a large selection
Success with Tomatoes
I haven’t had much success over the past few years with tomatoes, and I must admit that it’s probably becasue I haven’t been giving them
Germinating Parsnips
I worry more about the seed of parsnips germinating than any other vegetable seed; they can be so erratic, and if they decide not to
Artificial Lighting, Soil Warming Cable and Watering System
The artificial lights that the onions have been growing under for sixteen hours every day, right from the day they popped their heads through the
Leeks and Cauliflowers
Leeks – They were planted in three beds, 16 in each one comprising of 38 of the Ivor Maces Welsh seedling and 10 of the
Up-date on the Shallots + Blanch Leeks
Can you remember the shallots that I had planted during early October last year after a conversation with a fellow exhibitor at the Shepton Mallet